By taking time outside of practice to prepare for the new season, boys tennis coaches and players are working hard with the goal of overcoming challenges and beating other schools.
The boys tennis team is able to create progress in their skills and grow as individual athletes while also helping freshmen adapt to the pace of the team.
So far this season, the boys have been practicing every day after school to finetune their abilities.
According to varsity player Jack Ross, he believes doing “practice drills, shots, and staying after practice is a good way to continue to work on what you really need to work on.”
For Ross, the boys “have a lot of promising freshmen and it looks good for future use.”
Before the official season began, the boys tennis team had some off-season workouts to get a sense of numbers and people’s playing level.
As per junior varsity player Sean Foley, “three weeks before the actual season starts” the team hosts these sessions.
For Coach James O’Neill, who has been coaching for five years, he enjoys “some of the camaraderie,” as the team has a couple of seniors who have made the younger class feel welcomed.
Ross feels that the team has some “very promising freshmen” this year who have the potential for “good future use.”
As the coaching goes, Ross appreciates how O’Neill “critiques” him to push him to do better.